Abstract
FOR a considerable time a first-class work on the Elements of Physiology in our own language has been a desideratum. The bulky Handbook by Carpenter was framed in a nearly bygone era of the science; Kirkes' smaller volume is under a similar disadvantage; Huxley's excellent little book does not appeal to others than beginners, and the “Handbook to the Physiological Laboratory,” by Drs. Sanderson, Foster, Brunton, and Klein, was never intended to fill the place of a manual. Dr. Gamgee steps forward to fill the gap with a carefully conducted and excellent translation of the fifth edition of Prof. Hermann's deservedly esteemed “Elements of Physiology,” a work unequalled in the care which has been bestowed on the collecting and balancing of the investigations of authors from all quarters, as well as in its general construction and inherent unity of design.
Elements of Human Physiology.
By D. L. Hermann, Professor of Physiology at the University of Zurich. Translated by Arthur Gamgee, M.D., F.R.S. (London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1875.)
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Elements of Human Physiology . Nature 13, 22–23 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/013022a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/013022a0
